Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, Microsoft, Beta, Windows x64
Possible Windows 7 RC build leaked to torrent sites, screenshots surface
by Lee Mathews Apr 8th 2009 at 9:00AM
And appear it did, once again on Mininova, and it's been downloaded more than 15,000 times already. The build string doesn't match, but the Engineering 7 blog may have an explanation. In their blog post yesterday, they suggest bypassing the pre-release upgrade check by changing the MinClient build number from 7100 to 7000 if needed. That could very well mean that that build 7070 (the new leak) will simply be re-numbered as the RC.
The ISO is labeled 7077.0.090404-1255_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRC1CULFRER_EN_DVD, a slight modification from the previously announced string (the forums had a B instead of RC). Screenshots have already appeared as well - and were first available here on this Russian site.
If this is legitimate (which it certainly seems to be at this point), then Micorosoft may well be on track to release the Windows 7 RC both internally and to key partners on April 10th as predicted. Public availability may well not come until May, though we still don't know for sure.
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zswilkinson said 9:14AM on 4-08-2009
holy geez..that was fast
first
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David said 10:56AM on 4-08-2009
So what happened to build 7105 everyone was talking about the other day? At this point I'm waiting for the weekend before I download another incremental build. Either this is the RC and we'll hear about it shortly, or a new one is on the way...and we'll hear about it shortly. I can wait 3 more days to upgrade but I gotta say, if 7070 is it then I'm worried - IE8 is still a bit buggy in 7068, or at least it is on the 64 bit install.
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Todd said 11:50AM on 4-08-2009
"u can no haz." - Steve Ballmer April 8, 2009
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alex1jam said 1:02PM on 4-08-2009
i wonder if my xp software will work in 7?
Yea i cant wait for Ubuntu 9.4 is going to be the best but im going to keep switching to try lots of flavors i got Mac and Linux but i want to try some emulators to see how powerful my computer is so im going to go with 7 to play some nintendo 64 i hope my intel video card is good for that? g964/???
but still im going back to Mac and Linux/Ubuntu for ever.
PS:im never going to buy 7 im just going to borrow a persons CD wen they buy a computer.
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Green_Ogre said 1:50AM on 4-09-2009
Yes please, go back to your silly little Linux build. Go deal with command line prompts that waste the time of normal people, and the "free" alternatives that Linux provides, which aren't really that great at all.
Sam said 11:58PM on 4-09-2009
64-bit has also been leaked...its very fast... ;)
http://hacksdaily.net/windows-7-build-7077-64-bit-x64-leaked-via-torrent/
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pees4481 said 8:12AM on 4-10-2009
ok
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